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THE POET AND HIS SONGS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall structure of the poem?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'His, and not his' most directly conveys which idea?

Q03of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominently and repeatedly used across the first four stanzas?

Q04of 10

The 'misty realm' and 'vast unknown' function primarily as imagery suggesting what about the source of poetry?

Q05of 10

Who or what is the speaker of the poem?

Q06of 10

The Angel commanding 'Write!' at the poem's end is best understood as an allusion to which broader tradition?

Q07of 10

The pairing of 'foam to the surge' and 'smile to the lips' in stanza four serves mainly to show that poems arrive

Q08of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem?

Q09of 10

According to the poem, what happens to the poet when 'voices pursue him by day'?

Q10of 10

The simile comparing songs arriving to 'the birds come in the Spring, / We know not from where' chiefly emphasizes which aspect of poetic inspiration?

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